Cigar and cigarette holder



May 17, 1927. 1,628,937

B. E. WALBERG CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed June 17J 1926 ...77? eza Patented May 17, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

l:BERNARD E. WALBEEG, E woEoEsTEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

crean lam) CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Application vfiled Tune 17, 1926. Seri-a1 No. 116,729.

This invention relates to a combined cigar and cigarette holder.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a holder which will havev two arms operated by the action of gravity instead of by spring pressure to hold either a cigar or cigarette in the same structure; to provide means whereby the pressure will not be dependent on the compression of springs and which will vary only slightly, but will be greater in the case of a cigar than in the case of a cigarette; to provide construction in which the arms for holding the cigar or cigarette normally are held slightly apart so that in placing a cigarettefbetween them very little force will have to he used; and

to provide a cigar and cigarette support inv connection with these arms in a convenient position and of small size.

Other objects and advantages of the in-` vention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-V ing drawings in which Fig. l is a side view, partly broken away f to show the interior constructiomof a preferred embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and i Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing most of the parts in end elevation and illustrating another position of one of the parts in dotted lines.

The device is shown as supported by a bracket which has a fiat base 11 of large size and preferably circular in shape. This can be attached to a vertical wall as shown in Fig, 1 or it can be swung down as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. to support the device on a. horizontal surface. In fact it can be adjusted to be supported on an inclined surface. This bracket has two parallel arms projecting oppositely from it and each having a concave cup shaped end 12 and formed of a single piece of sheet metal.

Between the cup-shaped ends 12 I show supported an -ash receiver consisting of two parts 13 and 14- which may be of globular form. The two arms 1 0 of the bracketl are, of course, resilient, being made of sheet metal preferably, and they hold the two concave ends 12 against opposite sides of the globular ash receiver to support it and hold it in any desired position to which it may be turned. pulled out of the bracket without any adjustment or the detachment of any screws or he separated for cleaning.

The ash receptacle can be' fastening devices and can be inserted in al quick and simple way.

The two parts 13 and 14 of the ash receiver are hemispherical in the form shown and provided with a joint 15 to hold the two parts together by friction so that ordinarily they will not come apart but so that they can The concave ends 12 also assist in holding them together.

At the top of the receiver there is a circular ash tray 16 of conical or cup-shaped forni integral with the part 14 of the ash receiver and having an opening 17 through which the ashes drop. These parts constitute kthe ash tray and receiver themselves.

The ash tray 16 is provided, either in-V tegral with it or attached to it, with a plate 20 which is bent down to form a U-shaped lconstructioi'i 21 and then bent outwardly to forni a cigar and cigarette rest 22. This is shown as having a narrow portion 23 and a pair of arms 24 at the end bent upwardly at their ends so as to fit the cigar and hold the cigarette.

In the topV yof the U-shaped part 2l. lis a stud or rivet 25 extending across it longitudinally of the cigar rest 22. On this are pivoted two wires or arms 26 oppositely vtwisted around the pivot 25 so as to swing freely thereon and each having an upward extension 27 and a lower extension on which there is a weight 28. These upward extensions are spread out at the top so that they will receive a cigar or cigarette if let down intov them and they bow out from that to hold it afterward. The weights can go down no further than the U-shaped construction 21 so that they act as stops to bring the wires slightly apart at their nearest points. This is provided so that it will be easier to insert the cigarette without danger of injuring it and so that there will be no danger of any part catching or holding when a cigar is placed in it.

By providing a weight instead of a spring device, the whole thing works easier and it will never get out of order on account of a spring losing its resiliency. Furthermore the weights permit the construction above described so as to keep the arms apart and they do not limit the width of the holder so that the construction is suitable for a cigar or cigarette.

I have found in practice that these wires 26 conduct the heat away so fast that if a cigarette is put in it, it will continue to burn only up to these wires and then go out. The ashes, ot course7 tall into the ash receiver 1G which can be removed. readily and cleaned and replaced. Y

The full line drawings show the device having the bracket fixed to a vertical wall. ln dotted lines l have shown it to be down to the bottom so that the device will rest on a table or desk or other horizontal surtace without fastening: it. lt can be swung out angularly so that it can be attached to an inclined surface, leaving; the rest ot the device in an upright position without needing` any other adjustments.

rrlthough I have illustrated and described only one form of the ii'ivention. l am aware Ot the fact that modifications can he made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing' from the scope ot the invention as expressed in the claims. lfheretore. l do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction. but what l do claim is l. is an article ot manufacture. a cigar or cigarette holder comprisinga pair ot arms pivoted on the same axis each havingl an upwardly extending' portion adapted to grasp a cigar or cigarette between them and provided with weights on them to tend to torce them together by the action of gravity.

2. las an article ot mamitacturc, a cigar or cigarette holder comprising a pair ot crossing pivoted wires, each having' a weight .at its lower end for normally holding the wires near together, the wires having arms projectingupwardly bowed outwardly at the point at which the article is to be held and having` outwardly extending and slanting ends.

3. As an article of manufacture. a cigar or cigarette holder comprising,` a stud, a pair ot' crossing pivoted wires` each one twisted about the stud and each having a solid weight at its lower end for normally hold` ing` the Vwires as near together as possible, the wires having arms projecting upwardly bowed outwardly at the point at which the article is to be held and having outwardly extending and slanting ends spaced apart for facilitating the application otl a. cigar or cigarette thereto.

4l. As an article of manufacture, a cigar or cigarette holder comprising a stud, a pair o' wires twisted oppositely about the stud and each having a weight at its lower end for normally hoiding the arms as near together as possihle, the wires having arms projecting upwardly to hold the article between them and having outwardly extending' and slantingv ends 'tortacilitating the application ot a cigar or cigarette thereto, and means for limiting the descent of the weights to hold the arms out oit contact at their nearest point above the pivot.

As an article ot' manufacture, a cigar or cigarette holder comprising a pair ot arms pivoted on the same axis each having` an upwardly extending portion adapted to grasp a cigar or cigarette between them and provided with weights on them adapted to hold an article placed between them, and a .substantially horizontal rest projecting out ltrom a point adjacent to the pivot for the purpose described.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto aliixed my signature.

BERNARD lVALBERG. 

